Of Mice, Medicine, and Malefactors
Older Brother and his wife, Aunt Krusty, sent me a fabulous little doohicky from a medieval town they visited. It’s a brooch of a common… Read More »Of Mice, Medicine, and Malefactors
Older Brother and his wife, Aunt Krusty, sent me a fabulous little doohicky from a medieval town they visited. It’s a brooch of a common… Read More »Of Mice, Medicine, and Malefactors
J’s experience of the holiday of loving and giving was one of manipulating and threatening for a long time. He doesn’t say that, of course;… Read More »“Best Christmas in years”
Whatever you celebrate, may this season be peaceful, fruitful, loving, and kind to you. May all your pain lift. May all your wounds heal. May… Read More »Happy Holidays — all of them
I tried to find a song for Ethan, who did love music, but it wasn’t working. I’m not much of a poet, frankly, but it… Read More »Ethan, in memoriam
TV flickers at a rate guaranteed to put the higher cognitive functions to sleep. LINK It is literally, and specifically, hypnotic. Anyone surprised? Some people… Read More »TV, inappropriate sensory stimulation, and when enough is enough
I view a recipe strictly as a starting point. To some, recipes are instructions to be followed. That’s probably very wise. To me, they’re a… Read More »Winter Recipe #1 – Cyano-berry brain booster, with special maple syrup notes
Don’t you love the change of season? Especially here in Middle Cali, where there’s a hint o’ green to mark the second of our two… Read More »Prelude to winter canning recipes
I have to fling this file up onto my site and write the supporting material later. I’m trying to do a lot on very little… Read More »Autogenic training — calming the CNS in the nicest possible way
I lived without hope for years. Years. It was weird to look around one day and realize I had no hope, and that I hadn’t… Read More »Living without hope – tasks and aftereffects
Too big a subject for one blog post, but I’ll try. If this gets poetical, there’s a reason. The home of my youth, Egypt in… Read More »Home